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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melancholy Objects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the groups of people that Arbus photographed during her career?
(a) Lepers.
(b) Deformed.
(c) Prostitutes.
(d) Insane.

2. Arbus took some pictures of 'normal' people, but contrived the pictures to make them look _____________.
(a) Rich.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Bizarre.
(d) Animalistic.

3. Surrealism is like a _____________ because it can't make anything new - it can only judge the past.
(a) True ego.
(b) Death trip.
(c) Wild ride.
(d) Power trip.

4. A photograph can only convey ____________of something, but gives no real information about the subject.
(a) A shape.
(b) A sense.
(c) A word.
(d) A picture.

5. Surrealism, like photography, seeks to look at ___________ objects, according to those who deem them so.
(a) Important.
(b) Useful.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arbus made everybody look ________________ when she took her photographs.

2. With the help of captions, photographs can be made to speak, but the caption is obviously ____________.

3. As the text says, "Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with ____________ in his hair."

4. Diane Arbus is discussed as having been one to photograph the ____________ of society.

5. Edward Steichen photographed __________ objects to demonstrate technique and insight within photography.

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